Overcoming failures in placements of people from parent companies to a foreign subsidiary organisation

Bakthavatchaalam, Venkat, Fox, Andrew and Sherif, Khaled 2011. Overcoming failures in placements of people from parent companies to a foreign subsidiary organisation. Presented at: 5th International Conference on Management and Industrial Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 20-21 October 2011. Proceedings of the 5th International ICMIE Conference on ‘Change Management in a Dynamic Environment’. Bucharest: Niculescu Publishing, pp. 338-345.

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Abstract

This paper draws upon the results of an initial pilot study conducted by the authors, which aimed to investigate factors affecting outcomes when Multi National Enterprises (MNEs) place parent company employees in foreign subsidiary organisations. In addition, the research seeks evidence to support a theory that the involvement of host company staff in the placement process may improve overall outcomes. The research included an employee questionnaire and interviews with managers from a range of industrial organisations with links to India. The survey was able to differentiate between a number of common reasons why foreign placements may be viewed as a failure by both the parent and host companies. This paper distils from the survey some recommendations for avoiding failure in the placement of people from parent companies into a foreign subsidiary organisation and identifies a range of positive and negative issues raised by involving host company staff in the selection of parent company placement people. The authors believe that the results from this research will be of general interest to any organisations involved in the placement of people in unfamiliar cultural environments.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Engineering
Publisher:	Niculescu Publishing
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 April 2024
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2024 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/168548

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